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Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott with Blackbutt Medical Centre Practice Manager Jeff Connor … the timber chosen for the front counter is – you guessed it! – blackbutt\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 15, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

The opening of the new Blackbutt Medical Centre next month will mark the end of one chapter of medical services in the town and open an exciting new era.<\/p>\n

About 14 years ago, Blackbutt had no doctor and residents weren’t happy.<\/p>\n

The then-Nanango Shire Council came up with an innovative scheme to attract a GP to the town. The council rented the former medical surgery and offered it to a GP basically rent-free. As the practice became more successful, this subsidy was decreased.<\/p>\n

This relationship between medical service delivery and council will come to an end with the opening on July 1 of the new Blackbutt Medical Centre.<\/p>\n

This $750,000 centre, constructed on the corner of Pine and Coulson streets, will have six consulting rooms, a room for visiting specialists, a training area (with videoconferencing facilities) and a treatment room with three bays. It is fully air-conditioned and also has its own back-up power.<\/p>\n

The centre has been built by Dr Daphene Connor – who was enticed to the area to become the resident GP in 2006 – and her husband Jeff.<\/p>\n

It has been totally privately funded.<\/p>\n

Jeff gave Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott a sneak peek of the new complex on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

He said the centre would open with two full-time GPs as well as a visiting GP who would be attending three days a week, a medical student and a nurse.<\/p>\n

However, the centre has been designed so it could eventually cater for six full-time GPs and after-hours appointments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening hours will remain the same at present, ie\u00a08:00am-5:00pm Monday to Friday and Saturdays by appointment only. One weekend in three, it is “on call” for residents of Blackbutt, Yarraman and Nanango.<\/p>\n

Minor surgery can be performed in the treatment room and the centre will be accredited for basic emergency care, with an ambulance pick-up and drop-off point.<\/p>\n

As well as 250sq m of medical facilities, the complex also contains a 104sq m pharmacy. Jeff said Blackbutt pharmacist David Badesso would be re-locating his business into this space.<\/p>\n

Out back, there is parking for 16 cars; and out front … a hitching post for horses is planned!<\/p>\n

Jeff explained this was part of an aim to give the building a “country” design; the hitching ring would be similar to the one at the front of the nearby Radnor Hotel.<\/p>\n

The Connors have also located an historic block of granite from the site of a former quarry used by monumental masons near Blackbutt which will be shifted to the front of the building.<\/p>\n

Mr Scott said the new centre would make Blackbutt the envy of many communities in the Maranoa electorate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It will be a great catalyst for growing the community,” he said.<\/p>\n

“A lack of health services is often cited as a reason why people leave towns; people are attracted to towns that have medical services available.”<\/p>\n

Jeff said the practice was definitely growing, with between six and 12 new patients being signed up every week.<\/p>\n

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The new Blackbutt Medical Centre is taking shape on the corner of Pine and Coulson streets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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